Where does “prepadati” come from?

prepadati (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Serbo-Croatian pȁdati, from Proto-Slavic pàdati — to fall, to topple down.

prepadati (Serbo-Croatian): to frighten, scare

Definitions

  1. to frighten, scare

Ancestry of “prepadati”, step by step

prepadati traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Serbo-Croatian pȁdati

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianpȁdatito fall
2Proto-Slavicpàdatito fall, to topple down

via Serbo-Croatian pre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Serbo-Croatianprebefore, earlier; before; ago
Every word from Proto-Slavic pàdati →Every word from Serbo-Croatian pȁdati →